2006-11-05 10:33:59 · 3 answers · asked by Angel G 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Other - United States
It would be only a few WEEKS. Steamships could do it in about 2+ weeks in the 1850/60s.
This is what I got from a website about immigration:
"Before the 1840s, immigrants arrived on sailing ships. General information on the length of the voyage is unavailable for the colonial and early national periods. By the 1840s, however, the average voyage length for ships from the British Isles was five to six weeks, with those from the European continent taking a week or so longer. In the 1840s, a few steamships began to cross the Atlantic. Over the course of the 1850s, steamships began to account for a larger, though still minority, percentage of immigrant travel. After the Civil War, the vast majority of immigrants arrived on steamships. As a result, the voyage time fell initially to about two weeks and it continued to decline into the twentieth century."
2006-11-05 14:07:52 · answer #1 · answered by Pico 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
3 months
2006-11-05 18:34:43 · answer #2 · answered by evilive 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, about 3 month.
They travelled in late Summer because the wind blew East to West.
The travel from the U.S. to Europe was in Spring when the winds blew W to E.
Today it takes about 6 hours of flying time.
2006-11-05 18:43:34 · answer #3 · answered by hansomat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋